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Law firms are a common element of fictional depictions of legal practice.〔Terry White, ''Justice Denoted: The Legal Thriller in American, British, and Continental Courtroom Literature'' (2003).〕 In legal drama, generally, they create opportunities to depict lawyers engaged in dramatic interactions that are reflective of the real-world drama of the profession.〔Michael Asimow, ''Embodiment of Evil: Law Firms in the Movies'', 48 UCLA L. Rev. 1339 (2001).〕 The portrayal of law firms varies by the media in which they are presented, with law firms in novels and in films (many of which are simply adaptations of the novels) being presented in a negative light, while law firms in television series tending to be presented more positively.〔 ==In books and film== The opposing large law firm is a standard villain in legal thrillers and trial films alike. In 2001, UCLA law professor Michael Asimow wrote: Because of this perception, law firms are readily represented as places of intrigue and deception, with modern portrayals that "extend from the surreal to the diabolical".〔Margaret Raymond, ''On Legalistic Behavior, the Advocacy Privilege, and Why People Hate Lawyers'', 55 Buffalo L. Rev. 929 (2007).〕 Asimow notes that these portrayals have real legal significance because "stories about law, lawyers, or the legal system in film, television, or print" are the vehicle by which "the public learns most of what it thinks it knows about law, lawyers and the legal system".〔 Although the first film specifically about a law firm, the 1933 film ''Counsellor at Law'', portrays the fictional New York City law firm of Simon & Tedesco as an upstanding practice populated by attorneys who are good-hearted (if occasionally lapsing in their ethical conduct), this type of entity was thereafter typically portrayed on film as a villainous enterprise.〔 John Grisham, in particular, has displayed a penchant for portraying large firms as evil entities, contrasted against heroic solo practitioners, small firm attorneys, law students, and against their own more ethical young associates.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Law firms in fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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